The Microbial Pathogenesis team, under the leadership of Professor Gordon Dougan, is focusing on the genetic analysis of the interactions between bacteria and their hosts to shed light on how humans and other animals respond to infection.

The bacterial genomics and evolution team focuses primarily on using whole-genome sequencing approaches to study the patterns and drivers for historical and ongoing pathogen genome evolution. This is then combined with screens in whole cells or model organisms to understand the phenotypic consequences of those changes.